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On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 535-023 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Rose Mary Woods. The President's schedule for morning on July 2, 1971 - Meeting with recent presidential appointees - Chief Eleuterio Mendoza - Departing member of the National Security Council [NSC] staff - Congressmen - Problem of deciding on appointments - Deserving requestors denied an appointment - Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Nolan - Contribution - Optimum time of day for brief appointments - Flowers for Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Future visit to the White House [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/14/2020. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [535-023- W002] [Duration: 23s] Clothing order - Freeman Brothers - Anthony T. ("Tony") Rossi - Factory - Arrangement [Pause] Wolf Trap concert, July 1, 1971 - Van Cliburn's performance - Size of audience - Weather - Mrs. Nixon - Buffet dinner - Layout of stage Schedule - Problem with setting up appointments - Mr. and Mrs. Nolan - Marjorie P. Acker's relatives - Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Peterson Arrangements for photograph - Photograph of Abraham Lincoln - New photograph H.R.("Bob") Haldeman entered at 12:35 pm Photographs - Status of new photograph - Alexander P. Butterfield - Photograph for autographs - Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:35 pm Photograph Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:48 pm Photographs - Atkins - News photographer - Photographs of Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding - Comparison of candid and portrait photography - Haldeman portrait - Unnamed photographer - Atkins - Nixon- Cox wedding photographs [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/14/2020. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [535-023- W003] [Duration: 25s] Photographs - Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins - Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox wedding photographs - Helene (Colesie) Drown - Photograph on display in White House Photographs - Atkins - Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox wedding photographs - Mrs. Herbert W. Kalmbach - Choreographic effect of wedding ceremony - David Marx's letter and call - Marx's relation to Mrs. Daniel Ellsberg Surveillance - NSC - William A.K. ("Tony") Lake - Documents - Edmund S. Muskie - Morton Halperin - Secret documents - Henry A. Kissinger - Lake Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:35 pm. Photograph Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:48 pm - Kissinger's reaction [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 07/13/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [535-023- W007] [Duration: 18s] Surveillance - William A. K. ("Tony") Lake - Rose Mary Woods' opinion - The President's opinion - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's opinion Surveillance - Larry Lynn, Halperin, Ellsberg - Adolf Hitler, Judas Iscariot - Intelligence, morality Photographs - Handling of requests - Bryce N. Harlow request - San Clemente - Handling of requests - Woods' duties - Alleviation of the President's workload - The President's visit to Sam W. Rayburn's office as Congressman in the 1940's - Secretary's handling of autographed photo request - Contrast with Nixon's handling of mail during Congressional tenure - Staff - Bill [Unintelligible surname] - Don [Unintelligible surname] - Charles Jones - Les Hoffman - William Blanford (?), Don Garth - Handling of autograph requests - Personal signature by the President Woods left at 12:48 pm The President's schedule - Woods - Contributor from the Phillippines - Handling of future appointments - Recent presidential appointees - The President's morning meeting with Frederic V. Malek's group - Length of time for meetings - Procedure - Effectiveness - Donald McI. Kendall - Significance of photographs - Display in the offices of appointees - Executive branch offices - Embassies Foreign relations - State Department - William P. Rogers' possible conversation with the President during forthcoming lunch - Kissinger's departure on trip - Mideast - Joseph J. Sisco's possible mission - General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s views [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-029. Segment declassified on 04/24/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [535-023- W005] [Duration: 37s] Foreign relations - Department of State [DOS] - Middle East - Joseph J. Sisco's possible mission - Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s views - US relations with Israel and Egypt - Persona non grata - Joseph J. Sisco as potential negotiator - US position - Possible timeline of visit - Announcement of Henry A. Kissinger's contact - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - US position Foreign Relations - NSC - The President's possible meeting with Rogers - Sisco, Kissinger - Handling by Haig - The President's forthcoming trip to San Clemente The economy - William J. Keating's comments - New unemployment statistics - Vietnam war Vietnam war settlement - Paris peace talks - Proposals - Kissinger - Rogers' knowledge of secret negotiations - Developments in US relations with the People's Republic of China [PRC] The economy - Unemployment figures - Effect as news story - Handling - Congress - Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Carl B. Albert Foreign policy negotiations - News reports about secret negotiations - Reaction of Kissinger's staff - Channels of communication - Opponents - Kissinger's attitude - Ellsberg, Lake, Halperin Bicentennial era July 3, 1971 speech by the President - Draft - John Brown anecdote - Raymond K. Price, Jr's editorial work - Kissinger's reaction - William L. Safire, Patrick J. Buchanan - Use of previously used phrases - John K. Andrew's, Jr. - Speech presentation in the National Archives - John Brown anecdote - The President's previous Jaycees speech - Graduation speech by high school student - Eighteen- Year vote tie- In - New Hampshire background - John Brown anecdote Haldeman left at 1:06 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.